US Patent Issued to SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNA on Aug. 5 for "Exoskeleton for upper arm" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,009, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNA (Pisa, Italy).

"Exoskeleton for upper arm" was invented by Andrea Baldoni (Pisa, Italy), Matteo Moise (Ponte Buggianese, Italy), Simona Crea (Lucca, Italy), Emilio Trigili (Buccheri, Italy), Mario Cortese (Pisa, Italy), Nicola Vitiello (Pontedera, Italy) and Francesco Giovacchini (Pisa, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotational joint of intra-extra rotation for assistance of the movement of intra-extra rotation of a shoulder of a user. The rotational joint features a first circular guide arranged to rotate about a first...